Divider board



Feb. 9 1926. 1,572,146

` R. JONES DIVI'DER BOARD Filed May 24, 1925 Patented Feb. 9, 1926.

RICHARD JDNES, OF^PARKVILLE, MISSOURI.

DIVIDER BOARD.`

Application-filed May 2d, 1923. `Serial No. 641,213.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD JoNiis, a citizen ot' the United States, residing at Parkville, in the county of Platte and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Divider' Boards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

The invention relates to divider boards for mowing machines and provides a divider having a laterally yieldable connection with the cutter bar and having an outwardly yieldable rear portion whereby to avoid stumps, bowlders and analogous obstructions, thereby preventing injury to the 4divider and the cutting mechanism.

@ther objects and advantages will be apparent and suggest themselves as the nature of the invention is understood.

IVhilethe drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention it will be understood that in adapting the saine to meet ditl'erent conditions and requirements, various changes in the lform, proportion and minor details ot construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature oi' the invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings -forming a part of the application,

Figiire l is a top plan view of a divider board illustrative of the invention, showing a portion ot the cutting mechanism, the

ldotted lines indicating the yielding portion when moved laterally, as when engaging a stump, bowlder or like obstruction,

Figure 2 is a side view of the divider board, and

Figure 3 is a sectional detail on the line 3--3 or' Figure 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated in the several views of the dra-wings by like reference characters.

In accordance with the present invention, the divider board for mowing and harvesting machines comprises two parts 1 and 2 which are pivotaliyer iiingedly coniiectd at 3, the hinge being of any preferred spring type, whereby to normally hold the parts l and 2 in line with their contiguous ends abutting in rule joint iashion.V rIhe part l is relatively short and is carried at the outer end ot thebar l which is provided with the usual cutting mechanism. The part 2 is relatively long and is adapted to yield o'ut' wardly whenever the pressure on its inner side, is great enough to overcome the tension of the spring oi the hinge 3, thereby preventing injury to the divider board as a whole and yto the cutting mechanism. rthe usual grain arm 5 is carried by the yieldable part 2 of the divider board 'and moves therewith and is located upon the inner side thereof` and is fitted in a keeper 5a.

The parts l and 2 are usually of wood and in the present instance the part l has metal plates 6 secured to opposite sides thereof and the part 2 has plates 7 upon opposite sides of its 'forward portion. These plates 6 and 7 reinforce the parts l and 2 and have the leaves or members ot the hinge 3 attached. thereto.

The outer end of the linger bar 4 has an upstanding lug 8, and a bolt 9 passes through openings in the lug 8 and part l and receives a spring 10 upon its outer end whereby to establish aA laterally yieldable connec tion between the grain divider' and the cutter bar. i

`IVliat is claimed is:

In combination with a bar forming part of the cutting mechanism of a mower or the like, a. support rising from one end oi' said bar, a divider extending rearwardly from said bar, said divider having sections yieldably connected together, a bolt passing through said support and the divider andconstituting the connection of the divider, a spring on said bolt engaging said divider and urging the latter toward and normally maintaining it in contact with the support, said spring and bolt being proportioned to permit movement of the divider on the bolt against the tension of the spring and in a direction away iroin said support.

In testimony whereof I attix my signature.

RICHARD JONES. 

